Advertising-sign hanger.



R. E. DEVNEY.

ADVERTISING SIGN HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. NH].

1,276,735., Patented Aug. .27, 1918.

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RICHARD n. DEVNEY, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADVERTISING-SIGN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug.'27, 1918.

Application filed July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,136.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. DnvNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising- Sign Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to advertising sign hangers, and has for its principal object to provide simple means for the quick attachment of advertising signs to door-knobs and which means will prevent the easy detachment of the sign by a breeze and consequent loss of the same, but will allow ready removal by a person.

With the above and other objects in view as will be apparent, the invention will be hereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which simply illustrate the same, and the novel features thereof will be distinctly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings like characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts.

Figure l is a front view of an advertising sign hanger constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the sign hanger attached to a door-knob.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a door-knob, and section of the hanger taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, illustrating the action of the arms when the sign hanger is being applied thereto. I

Fig. 4 shows the sign hanger attached to the filling head of an automobile radiator.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the sign hanger applied to a screen door handle, and

1g. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

When advertising cards, pamphlets and the like are distributed in the usual way by being left at doors, or thrown upon porches, they are. easily blown away by the wind and lost. This means for attaching signs to door-knobs and similar places was devised to prevent said loss, and at the same time provide means whereby the signs can be readily attached by the distributor or easily detached by any person. In the drawings,

1 represents a sign of any desired shape having printed thereon the advertising matter.

he sign is constructed from any suitable resilient material, such as celluloid, card board, or paper; and formed integrally therewith is a head 2. Semicircular openings 3 and 4 are provided in the head 2, thereby leaving a central cross-bar which is out through at its center, as indicated by This forms an opening for conveniently fitting over a door-knob indicated by 6 and a pair of resilient arms 7 and 8, which spread apart, as shown in Fi 3, to permit reception of the door-knob. fter passing over the door-knob, the sign will drop until the edge 9 of the semicircular opening 3 rests upon the shank 10, and said arms will spring back to normal position, as shownin Fig. 2, for preventing ready detachment of the sign by the wind.

This sign may be hung over the usual filling head 11 of an automobile radiator, as illustrated in Fig. 4:, or attached to a screen-door handle 12, as shown in Figs. 5

and 6. The arms 7 and 8 serve as hooks for resting upon the bottom flange portion 1*? of the screen-door handle and also for fitting back of and springingly engaging the vertical portion 14 thereof.

From the above, it is obvious that, signs constructed as disclosed add little to the cost, and are provided with convenient and eflicient means for accomplishing the desired objects. It will be understood that, slight changes in the details of construction, as for instance, a diflerence in the shape or number of the retaining arms, maybe made so long as the same do not depart from the claim.

Having fully described my. invention, what I claim is:

An advertising sign hanger, comprising a sign, a head of resilient material supporting the sign, pair of semicircular openings having their straight sides opposite each other, and the material separating said openings being cut through .to form a pair of springy arms, substantiallv as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RICHARD E. DEVNEY.

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